Kitchen-cabinet.



PATENTED DEG. 10, 1'907.

A. G. KEER.

KITCHEN CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1. 1907.

ADELAIDE C. KERR, OF TRAFFORD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA;

KITCHEN-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ea nec. 1o, 1907.

Application filed March 1. 1907. Serial No. 360.038.

To all 'whom 'it 'may concern: Y

Be it known that I, ADELAIDE C. KERR, a

citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Trafford City, in the county of Westmoreland and State ofPennsylvania,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen-Cabinets,of which the following is a specification,- reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawinfr.

tThis invention relates to a kitchen cabinet, and the invention has forits primary object to provide a novel cabinet aving folding boardsadapted to be used forvarious purposes, a plurality of compartments forhousmg cooking utensils and culinary articles, and a novel rack forsupporting various cloths used for cleansing purposes in a kitchen orculinary de artment.

Another ob]ect of this invention is to provide a cabinet whichWillneatly house the above mentioned articles whereby easy access canbehad to either of said articles, without disturbing the other articleshoused by said cabinet.

VV'th the above and other objects in view, which will more readilyappear as the invention is better understood, the same consists vin thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out inthe appendedclaims.

Referring to the drawing forming part of this specification, likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which:

. Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cabinet, Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a cross sectionalview of the cabinet, taken on the line -a of Fig. 2, but illustratingthe cloth-supporting rack withdrawn from the cabinet. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal sectional view of the cabinet, illustrating the workingboards thereof in elevation, Fig. 5 is a detail erspective view of aportion of the cabinet i ustrating the manner in which the .forkingboards are hinged. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the cloth sup ortingrack withdrawn from the cabinet. l Eig. 7 1s a fragmentary erspectiveview of one of the working boards of said cabinet.

To put my invention into practice, I construct my improved cabinet of abase or rear board 1 provided at its ends with openings 2,

whereby said cabinet can be secured to a wall 0r suitable support byscrews 3.' The base or rear board 1 is provided with end walls 4 and abottom board 5. The front wall is formed by hinged doors 7 and 7, Thetop of the cabinet is closed by a board 8 and hinged doors 9 and 9, thelatter carrying the front hinged door 7, said doors 9 and 9a togetherwith the board 8 forming a horizonta shelf or table upon which utensilsor similar articles can beplaced.

The cabinet is provided near its base or rear-board I with a verticallydisposed partition 10, said partition together with partitions 11 and 12forming a plurality of compartments 14 at the top and rear side of thecabinet for culinary instruments or similar articles. The partition 10beneath said compartments and at one end of the cabinet is provided withcleats 15 forming guide ways for drawers 16, said drawers being adaptedfor spices and similar seasoning ingredients used in culinary deartments.

The hinged doors 7 u on t eir inner sides are provided with brac ets 17for holding pans 18 and similar cooking utensils, the upper parts ofsaid utensils being held` by stra s 19 carried by said doors.

T e compartment 20 within the cabinet', between the partition 10 and thefront wall of said cabinet is adapted to contain various working boards.A general working board 21 is hinged to a bar 22 arranged within thecompartment 20, said general working board having its outer endssuitably supported when the doors 7 are open and the board swungupwardly upon a horizontal plane. A conventional form of bolt locatedupon the inner top-edge of the door can be used for firmly supportingthe outer end of the general working board, said bolt engaging in asuitable socket secured to said board. A two-part ironing board 23 issupported from a transverse bar 24 arranged within the compartment 20.The bar 24 is providedl with depending guide rods 25, and upon said rodsare adapted to slide curved loops 26 carried by the part 2.7 of theironing board, the outer part 28 of said board being hinged tothe part27, as at 29, and held in an extended position by a clasp 30 carried bythe edge of the part 28 opposite the hinge 29. When the lroning board isfolded within the cabinet, the parts 27 and 28 lie side by side, butwhen the ironing board is used, the parts lie end to end. The curvedloops 26 are ada ted to support the ironing board upon the ar 24, topermit of said ironing board being lowered to the vertically disposedposition illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The compartment 20 is provided with transverse bars v31 havingdepending` guide rods 32 adapted to guide and support boards 33 and 34,these boards being pivoted and swung outwardl upon a horizontal plane,when it is desire to use either of said boards. One of said boards isused as a bread board while the other of said boards is preferably madeof ma le wood and used as a meat board. It will of course be understoodthat when the various boards of the cabinet are to be used, the hingeddoors 9, 9a and 7iL are open to permit of the boards being horizontallyposltioned with relation to the cabinet.

The base' or rear board 1 of the `cabinet is cut away as at 35, andconstructed to provide two guide ways 36 for a movable rack 37. The sidearms 38 of said rack are grooved as at 39 and arranged Within saidconfronting grooves is a rod 40, which connects by a link 41 with a rod42 said rod being connected to the cross head 43 of the rack byretractile springs 44. The springs 44 are adapted to hold the rod 42 ina horizontal position to support aplurality of outwardly extending rods45 pivotaily connected to a bar 46 carried by the side arms 38 of therack 37. When the rack is to be placed within the cabinet, the outwardlyextending rods 45 are lowered, placing the springs 44 under tension,-and then the rack in its entirety is moved downwardly within thecabinet. The weight of the various cloths suspended from the extendingbars is adapted to frictionally hold the rack 87 within the guide ways36 and prevent the rack from descending into the cabinet while the sameis being used.

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From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing, itwill be observed that I have devised a novel cabinet for supporting thevarious working boards of a kitchen or culinary department, alsoproviding various compartments and receptacles and a novel collapsiblerack.

The cabinet is preferably constructed of wood and can be suitablyornamented to present a neat and attractive appearance.

It is obvious that various chan es may be made in the arrangementof t evarious 'parts of my improved cabinet without departing from the spiritandV scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A kitchen cabinet consisting of a rear board having guide ways, acollapsible rack slidably mounted in said guide ways, end walls carriedby said board, hinged doors carriedby said end walls, dishracks carriedby said doors partitions arranged between said end walls and forming aplurality of compartments, drawers slidably mounted between saidV boardand one of said partitions, hinged doors forming the top and a portionof' the front of said cabinet, a plurality of working boards mounted insaid cabinet and adapted to be supported in an extended position fromsaid cabinet. t

2. A kitchen cabinet consisting of a board, endwalls carried thereby,hinged front doors carried by said end walls, partitions arrangedbetween said end walls and providing a plurality of compartments,drawers slidably mounted between said board and one of said partitions,hinged doors forming the top and a portion of the front of said cabinet,a collapsible rack movably supported within said cabinet, a two-partlironing board mounted within said cabinet, and a plurality of workingboards mounted in said cabinet, and means to support said boards in anextended position from said cabinet.

3. A kitchen cabinet comprising a rear board, end walls carried thereby,hinged front doors carried by said end walls, partitions arrangedbetween said end walls and .providing a plurality of compartments,drawers slidably mounted between said board and one of said partitions,hinged doors forming the top and a portion of the front of said cabinet,a two-part ironing board mounted within said cabinet, a plurality ofworking boards pivotally mounted in said cabinet normally resting in avertical position within'the cabinet and adapted to be swung on theirpivots and supported in a horizontal position, and means to support saidboards in an extended position from said cabinet.

4. In a kitchen cabinet, a rear board, end walls carried thereby,partitions arranged between said end walls and providing aplurality ofcompartments, a plurality of hinged scc tions forming the top of thecabinet and one of which sections overlies and forms a `art of the frontof said cabinet, a pair o doors hinged to the end walls and constitutingthe remainder of the front of the cabinet, and a plurality ofworking-boards disposed to rest normally in a vertical position withinthe cabinet and adapted to be elevated vertically therefrom andsupported in horizontal position with respect to the cabinet, and meansfor supporting said working-boards in horizontal position.

5. In a kitchen cabinet, a rear board, end walls carried thereby, a topcomposed of a plurality of sections hinged together, a front embodying apair of boards hinged to thc end walls, a supporting bar arranged withinthe cabinet near the upper end thereof, and provided adjacent each endwith a depending guide rod, a working-board provided with loops engagingsaid guide rod, and means for supportingl said Workingfboard When eX-tended from the cabinet in a horizontal position. i

6. In a kitchenk cabinet, a rear board, end` walls conneotedthereto,hinged doors forming the front, a bottom', and a plurality of hingedsections forming the top, a plurality of supporting bars arranged withinthe cabinet near the upper end thereof and provided near each end withdepending guide rods, a

plurality offWorking-boards each provided with loopsengaging said guiderods adapted l to be elevated vertically from the cabinet lwhen the topthereof is opened and disposed in a horizontal position with respect tothe 15 cabinet, and means for supporting said working-boards in saidhorizontal position.

In testimony whereof I alIiX my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses. y

ADELAIDE C. KERK.

